Saturday, 17 January 2015

IMPLICATION OF NOT VOTING WITH SINCERITY

By: ‎Abd'hakeem Adeoye
An Islamic Scholar, Ustaz Abdulhakeem Thanni, has ‎appealed to all eligible
voters especially Muslims to vote with sincerity during elections.
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Ustaz Thanni said this during a discussion segment on a radio programme,
MSSNLagos HALF HOUR, on Star FM 101.5 between 8:30am-9am.
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The programme, which usually holds every Saturday, had 'Islam versus Democracy: The views on Leadership', as its last episode's topic.
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‎Thanni alerted voters that they would account for all their deeds on the day of
judgement, including how they exercised their voting right.
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‎The scholar also ‎advised Muslims to ensure that they participate in the forth-coming February election.‎
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“It is a way of changing evil and setting uprightness to the Nigerian society‎.

Voting according to Islam is testifying that an individual is trusted and reliable," he added. ‎‎
He explained there are some practices in democracy that have firm root in Islam and emphasised that laws made by Allah are supreme.‎
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He said, “Representation, voting, leadership, freedom of religion, freedom of
expression among others are identified and supported by the Quran and hadith. On the other hand, favourism, personal interest, making of laws which

democracy recognize are not in the religion."‎‎
The scholar added that ‎participation of competent and trusted Muslims in
democracy was imperative to rescuing Nigeria out of its crumbling society.
He quoted Prophet Muhammed(SAW) ‎ as saying, "If any of you sees something
wrong, let him change it with his hand; if he cannot, then with his tongue; if
he cannot, then with his heart and this is the weakest faith."‎
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